Board approves ordinance clarifications, marine patrol IGA, ARPA construction amendment, CDBG reallocation and HUD annual plan

Marion County commissioners voted on July 9 to approve a set of routine and project-specific items including intergovernmental agreements, contract amendments, grant reallocations and the county’s HUD annual action plan.

Key votes and outcomes (all adopted by voice vote):

• Incoming funds IGA with Oregon State Marine Board — approved. The board approved an incoming funds intergovernmental agreement with the Oregon State Marine Board for $304,395 to provide law-enforcement services related to recreational boating through June 30, 2027. County presenters said a 30% statewide funding decrease led Polk County to cease its marine program; Marion County will assume responsibility for roughly 37 river miles of the Willamette River that Polk County previously covered during the summer. The IGA includes an expected transfer of Polk County’s patrol funds and, separately, a 2022 RiverWild jet patrol boat from Polk County to Marion County. Commissioners and marine staff said the agreement does not create a required minimum patrol hour obligation but does add to the sheriff’s office workload.

• Proclamation: pretrial, probation and parole supervision week — adopted. The board proclaimed July 20–26, 2025, as pretrial, probation and parole supervision week in Marion County to honor community corrections professionals in the Marion County Juvenile Department and the Marion County Sheriff’s Office Community Corrections Division.

• Consent calendar — adopted. The board approved the consent calendar, which included appointments and reappointments to advisory committees and multiple contract amendments and purchases: reappointments to the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Advisory Committee; amendment #1 to the Marion County Health & Human Services behavioral health scribe/crisis center construction contract (increase of $375,001.68, new total $1,659,321.68); amendment #2 to a professional services contract adding ARPA funding of $360,288 (new total $581,842) for the Detroit Marina Excavation Resiliency Project; classification and wage updates across multiple county job classes; a purchase order with Frontier Precision for $125,880.63 for land surveying equipment; and other routine items. The board removed and later considered a sheriff’s office work order contract with DPI Security Inc. for $412,963.20 for court security services as part of the consent discussion.

• Brooks water and wastewater project — ARPA early work amendment approved. The board approved Amendment No. 1 to the CM/GC contract with Sladen Constructors Inc. to add American Rescue Plan Act funds of $581,348 (new contract total $762,596) to procure long-lead equipment (pumps, generator, switchgear) for the Brooks Water/Wastewater improvement project. County staff said ARPA deadline timing and long lead times prompted the early procurement.

• Santiam Memorial Hospital subrecipient agreement (CDBG reallocation) — approved. The board approved a subrecipient agreement reallocating $250,000 in Community Development Block Grant funds to support preconstruction costs for a climate-controlled ambulance housing facility (retroactive to July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2028). Hospital representatives told commissioners the facility will improve response readiness in the Santiam Canyon and that the legislature also awarded $4,750,000 toward the project.

• HUD PY 2025–26 annual action plan (CDBG and HOME) — approved. The board adopted the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development annual action plan for program year 2025–26. Allocations cited in staff presentations included $1,420,109 in CDBG funds and $9,494,534 in HOME funds. Specific CDBG allocations listed in the staff presentation included program administration ($284,023), a commercial kitchen/vocational training center ($225,000), Marion Polk Food Share facility purchase ($300,000), Marion County homeowner residential rehabilitation ($398,070), Family Building Blocks expansion ($100,000), Liberty House North Marion expansion ($113,016), and Valor mentoring ($150,000 funded with opioid settlement funds). HOME program allocations included a CHDO set-aside ($74,180), homebuyer assistance ($370,820) and administration ($49,534).

What it means: commissioners approved funding and contract actions that county staff said are needed to maintain services (marine patrols and court security), meet ARPA spending deadlines for infrastructure projects, support ambulance preconstruction work in the Santiam Canyon, and distribute HUD formula funds to local housing and community programs. Most votes were adopted unanimously by voice vote; presenters noted some workload implications (sheriff’s marine duties) and next steps (procurement/bid processes, standards development for BESS separate from the ordinance clarifying amendments).